Hey, tell me about it. There was a tragic accident at my school, when a structure collapsed and killed several students, because it had insufficient engineering oversight. But, eh, Darwin Awards had to make a joke, so they collectively gave it to all the victims, who were getting up at the crack of dawn to volunteer on a group project, and following all the safety rules they were given.
That's weird because it directly contradicts most rules of Darwin Awards, that the people must be mature (well I don't know what kind of school it was), that they must be the ones responsible for their death (from what you say, the engineering is what killed students later) and that it must be because of "extraordinary misjudgment" on the part of the people both responsible and victims (who are supposed to be the same).
Can you link to your story on their website in order to contact them and withdraw the award since it breaks the rules?
I dug into it a bit further, and apparently the story is that the Darwin Awards used to be more crowd-sourced, but as a direct result of the incident I'm referring to, they instituted heavy moderation and apologized for any distress caused by their seeming approval of a tasteless article. So it's a little more forgivable than I realized. My opinion gelled back when the story was still in progress, but I didn't hear about the conclusion.
If you want to read the details, just google "aggie bonfire", or "darwin award aggie bonfire".
